Wednesday, 12 July 2017

Harry Clarke - part 2

Self-Portrait

Artist Harry Clarke was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 17th March 1889. He was a leading artist of the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement, as well as the Golden Age of Illustration.He was a children's book illustrator and a well-known designer of stained glass.For full biographical notes, and for earlier works by Clarke, see part 1 also.This is part 2 of a 7-part series on the works of Harry Clarke:1919-1923 Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe:

"He shrieked once, once only."

The Man in the Crowd"It was the most noisome quarter of London"

The Fall of the House of Usher."Say, rather, the rending of her coffin"

The Murders in the Rue Morgue"In death we have both learned the propensity of man to define the indefinable"

Ligeia"And now slowly opened the eyes of the figure which stood before me"

Metzengerstein"An attachment which seemed to attain new strength"

Berenice"It was a fearful page in the record of my existence"

Morella"The earth grew dark, and its figures passed by me ... and among them all I beheld only Morella"

The Murders in the Rue Morgue"Gnashing its teeth and flashing fire from its eyes, it flew upon the body of the girl"

The Pit and the Pendulum"They swarmed upon me in ever-accumulating heaps"

The Tell-Tale Heart"But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound"